Cream drummer Ginger Baker “critically ill” in hospital

Cream’s former drummer Ginger Baker is “critically ill” in hospital, according to a tweet shared by the 80-year-old’s family last night.
The statement reads: “The Baker family are sad to announce that Ginger is critically ill in hospital. Please keep him in your prayers tonight.”

The Baker family are sad to announce that Ginger is critically ill in hospital. Please keep him in your prayers tonight
— Ginger Baker (@GingerBDrums) September 25, 2019

Baker underwent open-heart surgery in 2016 after cancelling a tour with Ginger Baker’s Air Force due to a diagnosis of “serious heart problems”.
Baker co-founded Cream with bassist Jack Bruce and guitarist Eric Clapton in 1966, recording four albums over the band’s hugely influential two-year lifespan. After Cream disbanded, Baker went on to join Clapton in Blind Faith, Hawkwind and many others over a career that has spanned over six decades.
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